Earthquakes In The Bible

Last Updated : July 25, 2006


"But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her
mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto
them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall
understand that these men have provoked the LORD. And it
came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these
words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and
their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah,
and all their goods."
Numbers 16:30-32, KJV

"And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and
among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they
also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great
trembling."
1 Samuel 14:15, KJV

"And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the
LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and
strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the
rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and
after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the
earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD
was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small
voice."
1 Kings 19:11-12, KJV

"Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of
the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. The lofty looks
of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be
bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one
that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted
up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of
Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks
of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the
hills that are lifted up, And upon every high tower, and
upon every fenced wall, And upon all the ships of Tarshish,
and upon all pleasant pictures. And the loftiness of man
shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be
made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And they shall go
into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the
earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his
majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In
that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols
of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to
the moles and to the bats; To go into the clefts of the
rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of
the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth
to shake terribly the earth."
Isaiah 2:10-21, KJV

"Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath
and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall
destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of
heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their
light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the
moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish
the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity;
and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and
will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a
man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden
wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the
earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the
LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger."
Isaiah 13:9-13, KJV

"Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O
inhabitant of the earth. And it shall come to pass, that he
who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the
pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall
be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are
open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. The earth
is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the
earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro
like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and
the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it
shall fall, and not rise again. And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high
ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the
earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are
gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and
after many days shall they be visited. Then the moon shall
be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts
shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his
ancients gloriously."
Isaiah 24:17-23, KJV

"Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye
year to year; let them kill sacrifices. Yet I will distress
Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall
be unto me as Ariel. And I will camp against thee round
about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I
will raise forts against thee. And thou shalt be brought
down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech
shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of
one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy
speech shall whisper out of the dust. Moreover the multitude
of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude
of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away:
yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. Thou shalt be
visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the
flame of devouring fire. And the multitude of all the
nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight
against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall
be as a dream of a night vision. It shall even be as when an
hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh,
and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth,
and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is
faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of
all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion."
Isaiah 29:1-8, KJV

"And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall
come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my
fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the
fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there
shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the
fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon
the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the
earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall
be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every
wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword
against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD:
every man's sword shall be against his brother. And I will
plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will
rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people
that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great
hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Thus will I magnify myself,
and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many
nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 38:18-23, KJV

"Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up
the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them
come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your
pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather
yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty
ones to come down, O LORD. Let the heathen be wakened, and
come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit
to judge all the heathen round about. Put ye in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press
is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the
day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun
and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw
their shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and
utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the
earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his
people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall
ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my
holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall
no strangers pass through her any more."
Joel 3:9-17, KJV

"For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little
while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the
sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the
desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house
with glory, saith the LORD of hosts."
Haggai 2:6-7, KJV

While some of the previous verses from the Old Testament may
referring to future events at the time of Christ's Return,
there is also Scriptural proof that some of the Prophets
were writing of an actual physical event which occurred in
the days of King Uzziah. We find clear proof of this in the
following verses, where both Amos and Zechariah, two of the
minor Prophets who lived at the time of the Babylonian
captivity, speak of a great earthquake which occurred in
Jerusalem:

"The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa,
which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of
Israel, two years before the earthquake."
Amos 1:1, KJV


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